Coconut Snowballs

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These chewy, crunchy cookies are a drawback to marque due to the fact that they don't request to beryllium baked. You mightiness request a small assistance from an big to vigor the substance successful a saucepan connected the stovetop, but adding crunchy ingredients, forming the substance into balls utilizing the palms of your hands and rolling the balls are the champion parts -- and the astir fun, too.

These treats are bully anytime, not conscionable for the holidays. They instrumentality astir 20 minutes to make.

STORE: The cookies volition support for up to 1 week successful an airtight instrumentality oregon up to 1 period good wrapped and frozen.

Adapted from "The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big Hearted Entertaining, Texas Style," by Rebecca Rather with Alison Oresman (Ten Speed Press, 2007).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 48 cookies

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
2 ample ovum yolks (save ovum whites for different use)
2/3 cupful sugar
1 lb chopped dates
1 spoon vanilla extract
1/4 spoon kosher salt
2 cups puffed atom cereal
1 cupful chopped pecans
3 ounces to 4 ounces sweetened shredded coconut, for rolling

Nutritional Facts

Per snowball

Calories
84
Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
12 g
Sodium
16 mg
Cholesterol
14 mg
Protein
1 g
Fiber
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big Hearted Entertaining, Texas Style," by Rebecca Rather with Alison Oresman (Ten Speed Press, 2007).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026